Vehicle-tire.



.Gra ovine', thefcouhty of Grant follovvingg '15. a Speciflcat'ion.

his thefefjretheebjet .of the'pr'sent the abveob] ections by if 10 a'tire.ofthelcharact'er set forth which he ourseP-o'f the follo'vving `description, `erence is had to; the accompanying 351 .fornjngL-a part of this 'egcharacte'rs designating l lie 1i isa vertical Sectional view show- Re way; 'and Fig. 3 is'areduced perspecgtk? Construction thereof detail n: fist hisl ven-tion:relates ton'ew and fr-schil"v extending ltlgs 5 similarly' arranged' tof-'t 'theprovisin-of-'a'trevvhich shall resent so geatabearingsurfaceor tread tot eg'round as t render it practically impossible' oryth'e proved-fastening 'meansas'at 9.

each section 1 A is designed to] "'-s'bsidiaryf object resides the' 'provvent the wheel fioni'sinkng in'.

jportio -of vfeachj'section l are inwardlyanges 3 and coextensive ther-ew peripheral flanges 2 with a sel-'ies Qf'openings means for securing =1 -between sa1dsections wooden` slats -7-, eX-

Vtendingf5 transversely of the, wheel.. The

iniddle. sletl is' formed with anappro'ximately l central opening for the reception of the adjacent end jof the hub a of the Wheel A. Su 1 roundng'the-fends 'of 'sa'i'd hub' 'onl the ex-v l :terior' 'surfaces of the slats 7 are collars '81 h einforce thestructure centrally' an aresecure'd' to the-adjacent sl'atby any ap'- The tread of f bel of'several tiinesgreaterwidth than the vehicle-Wheel which the sections surround in r The slats'zfserjye'-primm1y, the fimctins q f4 :connecting the sections, but aside from this interior of the structure. If desired, further construction. -Each section 1 is semicin cillar .s ideielevation and's'upplernents the I Iopposing section'to formacomplete tire..l .To this `endl the sections, 1"are' formed with in- -wardlyextending-semi-annular flanges 2 at -tghe sides 9 'the rj-p`erphery.f Each sectim1`:4

is formed atitsfree endspwith downwardly- 'extending flanges 3. ofthe`same depth as the "functionthey serve as mud-guards for the. ailefd" construction lwill Iapp'ear in connections betweenthe-sections ma'v be had' by the employment fofI bolts 10, designed, to

anges 3 in vtheir confronting relation;

9S Bass through reglstering aperturesll in the f" Having fully described-my 4i rivention, 1

1 A devfce of the vtype set forth compris- 111g semlannular sections,y designedto fit over the Wheel of a vehicle7 andnleans extending ing apar'o semi-"annular 'sections desi 'fit over a Wheel-of a vehlcle 1n relatively supplementary relation. meansfor blndingsfald transversely of the Wheel between said 'sec-. tionsa'nd serving to unite the same' v f .2.- A- device ot the typelset forth, Acf'JmprIssections.

' to fit over a vehicle-Wheel in confronting re-` sections upon said-*Wheel and means eXtendand connecting -members extendl trans. xo ing transversely of the Wheel and uniting the Versely between the Ranges and having connection therewith. y. 3. A device of the type set forth, compris? In testimony whereof I affix my signature ing a, pair of semi-annular sections designed in presence of tWo Witnesses.

SAML. H. HEDDEN. lation, means vcarried by seidv sections for vWitnesses: binding the same upon Vthe Wheel, semi-annu- E. H.' VANCE', Jr., lar anges formed at the sides of nach section ALMA RODGERS. 

